Rep. Chris Murphy, D-5th District, is supposed to be a staunch advocate of the middle class. However, during his tenure, gasoline prices have increased to the point that gasoline costs more than $4 per gallon in Connecticut. Paying more than $60 to fill up my tank is killing me.

Most politicians say there is little they can do to solve this problem, but I beg to differ. President Obama and Chris Murphy are held hostage by the environmental left and its desire to make renewable energy more cost competitive. Don't allow Rep. Murphy, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, to get away with the deception that oil production is at an all-time high. While that is technically true, it is in spite of, not because of, Democratic policies. The increase in production is because of entrepreneurs taking risks on private land. Drilling on federal land dropped 14 percent from fiscal year 2010 to fiscal year 2011.

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